# Ottawa–Rideau

45°21′N 75°47′W﻿ / ﻿45.350°N 75.783°W﻿ / 45.350; -75.783
Ottawa–Rideau was a short lived provincial electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1987 and was abolished in 1999 into Ottawa South, Nepean–Carleton, Ottawa West–Nepean and Ottawa Centre.
The riding included all of pre-amalgamation Ottawa south of Walkley Road south of Baseline Road. It also included part of the city of Gloucester north of Leitrim Road between Limebank Road and Conroy Road. It also included part of the city of Nepean northeast of this line: Black Rapids Creek to Woodroffe Avenue to CN railway to Merivale Road.
The riding elected two members of the Legislative Assembly: Yvonne O'Neill, a Liberal from 1987 to 1995 and then Garry Guzzo, a Progressive Conservative from 1995 to 1999.

## Election Results

vte1987 Ontario general election: Ottawa—Rideau :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Yvonne O'Neill | 14,179 | 50.19 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Pamela Forward | 8,068 | 28.56 |
| | New Democratic | Beatrice Murray | 6,000 | 21.24 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,247 | 100.0 |
| Source(s) "Elections Ontario Data Explorer (filter Riding = Ottawa-Rideau)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 7 August 2020. |||||||
vte1990 Ontario general election: Ottawa—Rideau :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Yvonne O'Neill | 13,454 | 45.31 |
| | New Democratic | Ernest Jones | 8,845 | 29.79 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Paul Beaudry | 5,234 | 17.63 |
| | Family Coalition Party | Laurent Omer Denys | 1,049 | 3.53 |
| | Independent | James MacFhee | 861 | 2.90 |
| | Libertarian | Marc Schindler | 252 | 0.85 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 29.695 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 165 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,120 | 59.96 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 46,292 |
| Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate, 1990 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 7 August 2020."Statistical Summary by Electoral District, 1990 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 7 August 2020. |||||||
vte1995 Ontario general election: Ottawa—Rideau :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | Garry Guzzo | 14,796 | 45.11 | $ 42,588.00 |
| | Liberal | Yvonne O'Neill | 13,273 | 40.47 | 42,982.18 |
| | New Democratic | Dan McIntyre | 4,138 | 12.62 | 29,016.02 |
| | Green | Lenora Burke | 412 | 1.26 | 0.00 |
| | Natural Law | Richard Wolfson | 178 | 0.54 | 0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 32,797 | 100.0 | $ 47,240.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 274 | 0.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,071 | 61.29 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 53,961 |
| Source(s) "General Election of June 8 1995 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved June 1, 2014."General Election of June 8 1995 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario."1995 Details of Candidate Income and Expenses" (3.16MB). & "1995 Summary of Income and Campaign Expenses" ( Word'95 .doc files (146KB)). |||||||